Table 1.

Description of abbreviations, symbols, and variables used in this contribution

Variable	Description	Units
AGB	Aboveground biomass production	Mg ha−1 yr−1
B	Total (above‐ and belowground) biomass production	Mg ha−1 yr−1
BGB	Belowground biomass production	Mg ha−1 yr−1
CC	Green canopy cover	%
CDs	Calender days
EC	Eddy covariance
E soil	Soil evaporation	mm
E soil,tot	Total annual soil evaporation	mm
ET0	Reference crop evapotranspiration	mm
ET0,tot	Total annual reference crop evapotranspiration	mm
ET	Evapotranspiration	mm
ETdiff	Difference of ET between two successive days	mm
ETtot	Total annual evapotranspiration	mm
G	Soil heat flux	W m−2
GDDs	Growing degree days
H	Sensible heat flux	W m−2
LAI	Leaf area index	dimensionless
LE	Latent heat flux	W m−2
MAD	Mean absolute deviation
NRMSE	Normalized root‐mean‐square error	%
PARi	Incoming photosynthetically active radiation	W m−2
PARt	Transmitted photosynthetically active radiation	W m−2
Pr	Precipitation	mm
Prtot	Total annual precipitation	mm
R 2	Coefficient of determination
RC	Relative leaf cover of weeds	%
RH	Relative humidity	%
RME	Random measurement error
R n	Net radiation	W m−2
R s	Short‐wave radiation	W m−2
SRC	Short‐rotation woody crop
SWC	Soil water content	mm
SWT	Soil water table depth	m
T air	Average air temperature	°C
T max	Maximum air temperature	°C
T min	Minimum air temperature	°C
Tr	Transpiration (component of evapotranspiration)	mm
Trtot	Total annual transpiration	mm
u	Wind speed	m s−1
Y	Yield production = harvestable part of B	Mg ha−1 yr−1